gluttonous
adjective
Synonyms
- edacious
- esurient
- greedy
- hoggish
- piggish
- rapacious
- ravenous
- swinish
- voracious
Example Sentences
Naveen Kumar, Variety, 10 July 2022 One of the city’s most iconic hotels has exceptional service, a gluttonous breakfast buffet, and sweeping views of the Arabian Gulf. Katie Lockhart, House Beautiful, 6 June 2022 Ottessa Moshfegh’s latest novel takes place in Lapvona, a medieval fiefdom ruled over by a vain and gluttonous lord, Villiam. The Atlantic, 16 May 2022 Because for all of its overwhelming vastness, this period of intense, gluttonous competition between Hulu, Netflix, Disney+, and Amazon has opened a door. Jason Parham, Wired, 19 Jan. 2022 The gluttonous can binge-watch the results, which were created by the slothful. John Anderson, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2021 Beaming in gluttonous pride, the girls are immediately photographed, and eager to brag about their utterly brilliant couple’s costume as two of the most scandalous alumni of Manhattan’s elite. refinery29.com, 11 Aug. 2021 Of course, there is nothing normal about these Summer Games, which means the Tokyo Aquatics Centre is destined to be viewed a symbol of poor planning, gluttonous spending and terribly unfortunate timing. Paul Newberry, Star Tribune, 23 July 2021 If your gluttonous best friend plows through food too fast, a slow-feed option can portion out the meal over 15 minutes. Sal Vaglica, WSJ, 21 July 2021 See More Word History
see glutton
14th century, in the meaning defined above
gluttonous
adjective
Synonyms & Similar Words
- greedy
- ravenous
- piggish
- hungry
- voracious
- starving
- rapacious
- hoggish
- starved
- swinish
- esurient
- insatiable
- gorging
- devouring
- edacious
- wolfish
- gobbling
- gormandizing
- famished
- unquenchable
- gulping
- undernourished
- peckish
- unslakable
- hearty
- underfed
- malnourished
- empty
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- satisfied
- full
- content
- stuffed
- sated
- satiated
- glutted
Synonym Chooser
Some common synonyms of gluttonous are rapacious, ravenous, and voracious. While all these words mean "excessively greedy," gluttonous applies to one who delights in eating or acquiring things especially beyond the point of necessity or satiety.
The words rapacious and gluttonous can be used in similar contexts, but rapacious often suggests excessive and utterly selfish acquisitiveness or avarice.
While in some cases nearly identical to gluttonous, ravenous implies excessive hunger and suggests violent or grasping methods of dealing with food or with whatever satisfies an appetite.
The synonyms voracious and gluttonous are sometimes interchangeable, but voracious applies especially to habitual gorging with food or drink.